Parenting Relationships | Essential Kids

Should I let my son make the same mistakes I made?

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My parents divorced yet still lived together. It made me think unhealthy relationships were normal.

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Connected: Professor Magnani's study found volunteering positively affects mental health and wellbeing.

It's official: being kind makes you happy and healthy

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Friendships and social skills

Making friends can be harder for some kids than others but there are ways you can help develop your child's social skills to ensure they can build healthy friendships now and in the future.

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QUIRKY KID

How to talk to children about grandparents with dementia

Helping children understand why their grandparent can no longer remember their name is a hard conversation to have, but here are ten practical tips to help guide you.

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Alison Bradshaw

Julia Roberts in the 1998 film, <i>Stepmum</i>.

Solving the struggles of step parenting

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Jo Hartley

Finding time to nurture your marriage after kids.

How to reignite love, sex and passion in your marriage after kids

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Patricia Tan

7 ways my relationship improved after having children

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Thuy Yau

Kimberley O'Brien

How to tell the kids you're separating

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Kimberley O'Brien

My ex and I have four kids and are separating: should we split the kids?

Should this couple split their four kids?

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Jann Blackstone

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex wave before departing from Fua'amotu International Airport, Tonga, ...

Do grandparents have the 'right' to see their grandchildren?

Can a grandparent insist on access to a child over the wishes of the parent?

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Kasey Edwards

If you have a choice, you may
as well choose the name that sounds better.

Why I chose to take my wife's surname

What’s in a name? Disapproval and confusion for one couple who made an unusual choice.

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Kris Myddelton

In case you're wondering, divorce doesn't always get easier

Divorce is not the end of the relationship with an ex when there are kids involved.

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Rachel Sobel

Mum's warning over inflatable pool toys after 3-year-old son nearly drowns

One second was all it took.

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Heidi Krause

How childhood abuse shaped the mother I have become

Growing up, I was so excited at the prospect of becoming a mother. I had worked with many children through a variety of roles and had enjoyed their curious minds and imaginative hearts. How amazing would it be to experience that firsthand with my own little one?